History: Migrate

            ! Migrate your Tiki site

Migration of a site refers to "copying" the content from one installation to another.  In this page we describe migration as a one way synchronization from Tiki source to Tiki target. To migrate from another CMS/Wiki to Tiki see ((Migrate to Tiki))  This page covers moving content between sites with the same version of Tiki. For changing versions see ((Upgrade|upgrade)).   Migration is often done by sites where there are production or live versions as well as maintenance and or test versions of the site(s).   

^This method has the effect of wiping out any content on the target tiki so remember the three rules of ICT: backup, backup, backup^

Source: refers to the Tiki site to be copied
Target: refers to the Tiki site to become a cloned copy of the source.
# ((installation|Install)) Tiki   
# Ensure that your target Tiki site has the same version of Tiki installed as the source Tiki site See Admin->General->General Preferences 
# ((Backup)) your target tiki site, database and any file galleries if they exist outside of the database.  
# Source:
## Export the database of your source to a file see the ((Backup|backup)) procedure it has the same effect.   
## Get a copy of any files that exist outside of the database.
# Target:
## Import the source database file you just saved into the target Tiki site, see ((Import database))
## Insert the copied files that exist outside of the database.